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Balter  11/29/08 8:09:11 PM

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This is what the Optometrist gave me but i was in too much of a rush to ask details (am hoping for like 20/40 or whatever)

  Sphere Cyl Axis
OD -1.25 -1.50 088
OS -1.50 -1.25 110

Any help is appreciated!

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grunty  11/29/08 8:29:26 PM

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It looks like every other eye glass prescription I've ever received.  Specifically what they mean, I don't know.  Those are specifications that permit the technician who makes your lenses know what to do in order to modify pre-made lenses to suit your eyes.  I.e. we may both have the same amount of astigmatism but your imperfection may cause the corrective lens to be rotated to a different degree than mine.

All the 20/40 stuff would mean is that you would see the same detail at 20 feet that some one with 'perfect' eyesight sees at 40 feet. And telling that to the eye glass maker doesn't really help them do their job.

 

 
Balter  11/29/08 9:00:38 PM

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Originally posted by grunty

It looks like every other eye glass prescription I've ever received.  Specifically what they mean, I don't know.  Those are specifications that permit the technician who makes your lenses know what to do in order to modify pre-made lenses to suit your eyes.  I.e. we may both have the same amount of astigmatism but your imperfection may cause the corrective lens to be rotated to a different degree than mine.

All the 20/40 stuff would mean is that you would see the same detail at 20 feet that some one with 'perfect' eyesight sees at 40 feet. And telling that to the eye glass maker doesn't really help them do their job.

 

 

Damn i was hoping it would contain the information i need (ie 20/40)

Thanks though.

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Finwe  11/30/08 4:47:26 AM

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The first set of numbers is what you should pay attention to. It's what says how "bad" your eyesight is. This isn't an exact science, but I believe your eyesight in common terms would be about 20/100.

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Zepee  11/30/08 9:11:29 AM

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Its definitly not 20/100... if 20 hundred mean you see as clear 20feet away as someone else 100feet away, than I would say thats about what I have... and I have -2.5, -2.0..

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lyonman24  11/30/08 5:22:35 PM

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easiest way is to call and ask if you dont know. would have been just as easy to call as to post here.

 
Finwe  12/01/08 3:17:43 AM

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Originally posted by Zepee

Its definitly not 20/100... if 20 hundred mean you see as clear 20feet away as someone else 100feet away, than I would say thats about what I have... and I have -2.5, -2.0..


 

I was just taking a gander. I have -8.5 and -9.0 and the doctor said in those terms it would be about 20/850/950

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Cabe2323  12/01/08 8:32:49 AM

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Originally posted by Finwe
Originally posted by Zepee

Its definitly not 20/100... if 20 hundred mean you see as clear 20feet away as someone else 100feet away, than I would say thats about what I have... and I have -2.5, -2.0..


 

I was just taking a gander. I have -8.5 and -9.0 and the doctor said in those terms it would be about 20/850/950


 

Wow.  That must be tough to deal with. 

 

Personally for the OP I have no idea.  My vision is 20/10, so I have never needed a perscription for glasses. 

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streea  12/01/08 1:13:56 PM

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Originally posted by Finwe
Originally posted by Zepee

Its definitly not 20/100... if 20 hundred mean you see as clear 20feet away as someone else 100feet away, than I would say thats about what I have... and I have -2.5, -2.0..

I was just taking a gander. I have -8.5 and -9.0 and the doctor said in those terms it would be about 20/850/950


 

I have 20/1200, but people are always asking me for these numbers... I guess that puts me at around -12?

And yes, you could kill someone by dropping one of my lenses on them... even when I pay extra to have them "slimmer," they still put coke bottle bottoms to shame.

 
Finwe  12/02/08 5:25:16 AM